Plow.



G. E. HARRISON.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31, 1912.

Patented Oct. 28, 1913.

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PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED 001 1012.

1,076,671. Patented Oct. 28, 1913,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Continuation of application Serial No. 657,288, filed October 2 8, i911.

1912. serial No. 728,950-

Patented Oct. 28, 1913. This application filed Ootdlat' 31, v

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, Gnonon E. HARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at cramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention. relates to that class of plows embodying a wheeled frame carrying the shares or dlsks, and. a motor mounted on the'frame and operatively connected to the wheels thereof for propelling the same. It is the ob'ect of the invention to provide in a mac line of this kind a novel and improved plow suspension which e'rmits the plow beams to be readily remove if the machine is to be used as a tractor or a statiqnary source of power. a

he invention also has for its object to provide means forsteadying the rear ends of the plow beams, and for taking up side strain and vibration, thereby preventing the beams from-springing out of line when going around curves and corners.

These objects are attained by a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, .and in order that the invention may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanyin% drawings, in whichigure 1 is a, plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear end of one of the plow beams showing the suspension means therefor. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, the "main frame of the machine comprises parallel side bars 10 and intermediatevbars 11, said bars extending longitudinally and being suitably connected y cross braces. The rear portion of the frame carries a steering wheel 12 provided with suitable op scribed in detail and claimed in an application 'filed October 28, 1911, Serial No. 657288, matured into Patent No. 1047215, of which the present application is a continuation. At the frontend of the machine is mounted an axle 13 carrying traction wheels 14.

The motor and'drive gearing for operating the traction wheels are shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and asthese parts are described in detail in the previous application herein referred to, a detailed description thereof is deemed unnecessary.

At 15 are indicated the plow shares, four I through crating means which are de-' being shown, and each of which is indfiendently mounted on a plow beam 16. The shares are arranged as usual, obliquely. of the line of travel of the machine..-.; The beams of the two outer sharesare respectively, to the side bars 10,Iin front,a n

to the rear of the axle 13, the points ofjttachment being located the same distances from the axle, and the two intermediate shares are similarly connected to the intern mediate bars 11. This arrangementances the. plow beams, an places af gr'eater part of the wei ht on the traction wheel, Where it should fie. The draft of theshares also adds'tothe traction of the wheels 3nd the deeper the glowing the better the wheels grip wit out putting on ent'ra tractron strain pm the steering wheel 12, where it is not needed and should be avoided as much as possible. .The front ends .of the plow beams 16 are turned up and proy'ided with a vertical series of .perforationsl'f and said ends extend into clevises' 18 carried bit the side and intermediate bars 10 ,and 1 By means of pins 19 passed throu h alined perforations in the clevis .and. arsf,:. and' a selected one .ofthe er orat ons 17, the vertical adjustment 0 t e iplow. beams is effected. Theplow bearnsmaybc provided with disks instead oh-shares as shown. The rear end of eachplow beam is sup ported by a bracket having a bend ,at its upper end to form two arsllel laterally spaced side portions 20 and 21, res tively, 9 between ,wh'ch the side or interme iate bar, carrying'th beam, loosely extends. Tothe beam is also fastened a bar 22 which extends parallellto the bracket, in spaced frela tion with respect to the art 20 thereof, and 1s secured at its upper end to the correspondin end of said part-2Q. A girl 23 passes throng the parts 20 and 22, a ove the plow beam, and between said parts 20 and 22,-above the, pin', passes the-intermediate portion ofthe .9 hand lever 24 pivoted at one of its ends,.as; indicated at 25, to the frame bar. Theplow beam is securely fastened to the lower end.

of the part 20. In order to reduce friction,

an anti-friction roller 26 is mounted hestween the parts 20 and 22 above the hapd lever 24 to engage the latter. The plow, beam is thus held suspended from the.hand' lever, the latter being provided with a suitable locking device 27. By t'he herein preventing the beams from that various minor described support for the rear ends of the plow beams, they may be left free to float by removing the pin 23; or, if desired, the beams can be locked down by locking the hand lever 24 and inserting the pin 23, said pin being so located as to extend across the bottom edge of the hand lever. The plow beams can be easily removed, as it is necessary only to lift the supporting brackets off the hand lever. To the pivoted ends of the hand levers are connected springs 28 which assist in raising the beams. The brackets also steady the rear ends of the beams, taking up side strainand vibration, and springing out of line when going around curves and corners. They also keep the beams from wringing, and make it possible to use disks as well as moldboard shares. The brackets also enable the beams to be readily raised or lowered, and at the same time leaving them free and independent of the frame and of each other. The independent suspension of the plow beams is also advantageous as in the event of one of the shares meeting an obstruction, only that share needs to be lifted to clear the same.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, but it will be evident changes in the strucmade without a departand scope of the inven tural details may be ure from the spirit tion.

I claim: 1. A plow comprisingasupporting frame, a plow beam carried thereb a bracket connected to the rear end of th plow beam, 'a

a plow beam carried hand lever mounted on the supporting framd from which hand lever the bracket is suspended, said bracket being free to rise relative to the hand lever, locking means for the hand lever, and means for locking the bracket against rising.

2. Aplow comprising a supporting frame, a hand lever mounted on said frame, a plow beam suspended at its rear end from the hand lever and free to rise with respect thereto, means for locking the plow against rising, and means for locking the hand lever.

3. A plow comprising a supporting frame,

thereby, a bracket connected to the rear end of the plow beam and having a portion which straddles the supporting frame, a hand lever mounted on the supporting frame, from which hand lever the bracket is suspended, said bracket being free to move vertically relative to the lever, and means for locking the bracket.

4. A plow comprising asupporting frame, a plow beam carried thereby, a bracket connected to the rear end of the plow beam, a

.hand lever mounted on the supporting frame, abutments on the bracket between which the hand lever extends, the lower abutment being removable to permit the bracket to rise relative to the hand lever, and locking means for the hand lever.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE E. HARRISON.

\Vitnesses:

H. B. HARVIE, A. B. CARTER. 

